Book Title: Applied Philosophy of Anekanta
Author(s): Shashiprajna Samni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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________________ have the same views. On account of possible divergent views, an environment of conflict may occur. The mystic Jalaludin Rumi has rightly said that, "Life on this planet is nothing but the harmony of the opposites." The modern business school cannot shut their eyes to realities. They must also reorient and train the students of management science in the way, to find harmony. The anekānta universities like Nalanda and Takshshila were in fact management schools, and the students produced by these institutes proved to be the most successful prime ministers of various princely states. We have to unearth the methodology of the ancient gurukuls and universities in present curriculum of business management. Some modern owner of the business aims only at amassing wealth and being ranked as the richest persons of the world., But they forget that they have a collective responsibility to see that their mad race for wealth doesn't destroy environment, their industries does not release excessive green house gases which inturn widen holes in ozone layers triggering to global warming. While passing any resolution, manager should consider the other', so that an environment of peaceful co-existence can be created. - Another by product of the modern management tools is the worst form of stress that grips the business executives,who are not able to cope with the demands of their bosses. The rate of stress-related deaths among these executives is alarming. We have to reverse this trend through the anekāntic perspective and redefine the principles of management in the context of global issues that threaten our survival into the third millennium. If a person develops an anekāntic outlook and gives importance to the primary work first and renders secondary importance to other works , will surely succeed in his respective fields. 5.11 Open-mindedness and Anekānta Jainism holds that the followers of other sects can also achieve emancipation, if they are able to destroy attachment and 149

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